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This newspaper clipping, from the New York Times, features a group of women marching in protest during a coal mine strike in southeast Kansas. Dubbed the "Amazon Army," the women marched through the coal fields carrying infants and or American flags to show their support for better wages and improved working conditions for their family members who worked in the camps. The caption reads: "Section of the Army Amazons. In the Kansas coal fields, captained by a woman with a three month-old baby in arms."
Creator: New York Times
Date: December 25, 1921
Item Number: 224860
Call Number: K 331 Clipp. Vol. 1, 1884-1929
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 224860
Business and Industry - Labor - Strikes
Business and Industry - Mining and quarrying - Coal
Collections - Library
Date - 1920s - 1921
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Labor movement - Strikes
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Newspaper - clipping
People - Children
People - Women
Places - Regions - Southeast Kansas
Thematic Time Period - The Twenties, 1920 - 1929
Type of Material - Newspapers - Clippings
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